I agree with Hrant: those gaps are too effective fixation points for comfortable reading. Your other design features are more than enough to make your font stand out. Loose the gaps, and you have a very good headline font.

The light italic looks very cool! The w is looking very narrow and thick in the bottom. It appears to look a little different in "ottawa". The a leans a little left for me, which is not a problem in the middle of a word, but at the beginning feels odd. I agree with whats being said about the gaps.